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New Orleans Film Society

Straw Dogs

USA 110 min.

Director, Writer
Rod Lurie
  • Straw Dogs Trailer

Synopsis

Rod Lurie (The Contender) directs this remake of the classic 1971 violent thriller Straw Dogs. David and Amy Sumner (James Marsden and Kate Bosworth), a Hollywood screenwriter and his actress wife, return to her small hometown in the deep South to prepare the family home for sale after her father’s death. Once there, tensions build in their marriage and old conflicts re-emerge with the locals, including Amy’s ex-boyfriend Charlie (Alexander Skarsgård), leading to a violent confrontation.

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